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Quotes About Reward

All great reforms require one to dare a lot to win a little.
~ William L. O'Neill
To get profit without risk, experience without danger and reward without work is as impossible as it is to live without being born.
~ A. P. Gouthey
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
~ Anonymous
The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
~ William J. H. Boetcker
It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward for taking time to do anything well.
~ Joseph Ross
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
~ Bible
There are no crown-bearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.
~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I don't gamble. I invest with a risk.
~ Howard Crossman
To the victors belong the spoils.
~ Andrew Jackson
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
~ Mae West
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
~ Vauvenargues
Honor is the reward of virtue.
~ Cicero
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You have to pay the price - but if you do you can only win.
~ Frank Leahy
Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit. . . the person who is working for the sake of his own satisfaction, the money he gets in return serves merely as fuel, that is, as a symbol of reward and recognition, in the last analysis, of acceptance by one's fellowmen.
~ Otto Rank
I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.
~ William F. Buckley
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
~ Bible
The game is not worth the candle.
~ French proverb
If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.
~ Abigail Van Buren
If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
~ Dolly Parton
I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.
~ Mordecai Richler
I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.
~ J. Michael Straczynski
Make sure that your generosity is as private as possible, even hidden from the recipient if possible, because it then eliminates the expectation of a reward.
~ J. Thomas
Spite, financial gain, thrills, emotional satisfaction. Murder always offered a reward. Why else would it remain so popular?
~ J.D. Robb